A key protein network that keeps cells safe from the dangerous effects of transposable elements has been uncovered.

This poorly studied fraction of DNA, known as heterochromatin, makes up around half of your genetic material, and scientists are now starting to unravel its role in your cells. For more than 50 ...

This DNA is wrapped around proteins to form chromatin, which exists in two main forms: euchromatin, where genes are active, and heterochromatin, where gene activity is suppressed. "How these two ...

Dieses DNA-Histon-Polymer wird Chromatin genannt. Ein hoher Verpackungsgrad (geschlossenes Chromatin oder Heterochromatin) legt Gene still, wogegen ein geringer Verpackungsgrad (offenes Chromatin oder ...

pink vs. white) can serve as an indicator of marker ade6+ gene expression, thus reflecting whether the RNAi-directed heterochromatin formation at centromeres is maintained or interrupted.

Our work has had two long term objectives: (i) to contribute to the physical mapping/ sequencing/ functional annotation of Drosophila centric heterochromatin, as a model for metazoan genomes, and (ii) ...

Je nachdem, ob C. im Interphasenkern diffus aufgelockert oder aber kondensiert vorliegt, spricht man von Euchromatin, das sich durch eine hohe Transkriptionsaktivität auszeichnet, und dem genetisch ...